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How should the virtualized backup market evolve?

GDPR looms large over many data protection processes, and virtual backup is no different. Overall management is important as well, as data volume continues to grow.

By Stuart Burns • April 25, 2018

Exploring the leading appliance-based data backup systems

Learn how leading integrated backup appliance systems address key considerations, including capacity and performance, and what operational benefits they offer.

By Chris Evans • April 25, 2018

What to do when a BC/DR plan goes awry

Insufficient testing or not knowing what to expect could result in a failed business continuity plan. Luckily, there are steps you can take if your BC/DR planning goes belly up.

By Nick Cavalancia • April 24, 2018

Actifio backup makes the grade for digital learning provider

With cyberattacks a constant threat, Actifio provides protection through a data-centric approach and an air gap. Customers can recover to a safe point in time in minutes.

By Paul Crocetti • April 19, 2018

How does the ISO 22316 standard cover resilience?

Definitions for business continuity and resilience sometimes clash, but both processes help an organization stay on its feet. A new ISO standard tackles the latter.

By Paul Kirvan • April 17, 2018

Can integrating data protection and management work?

While you may want to jump on the data management and protection train, consider first how combining the two in one product will affect your systems and users.

By Brien Posey • April 11, 2018

Kaseya backup takes on Office 365 with Spanning’s help

Kaseya Office 365 Backup is integrated deeply with the vendor's remote monitoring and management software. Spanning's cloud-to-cloud technology provides the muscle behind it.

By Paul Crocetti • April 11, 2018

Veritas NetBackup (Symantec NetBackup)

Veritas NetBackup -- known as Symantec NetBackup from 2005 to 2016 -- is a backup and recovery software suite designed for enterprise users.

By Dave Raffo, Ed Hannan • April 10, 2018

Rubrik Polaris SaaS app targets multi-cloud data

Rubrik takes another step toward cloud data management with Polaris GPS, a SaaS app that brings together secondary data stored in on-premises appliances and across clouds.

By Dave Raffo • April 4, 2018

JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform takes flight for DR, management

New vendor JetStream Software incorporated technology from flash caching developer FlashSoft and worked with VMware on its initial cloud data management releases.

By Paul Crocetti • April 3, 2018

Want IT resiliency? Look to both security and disaster recovery

Security, protection from hackers and ransomware, disaster preparedness and disaster recovery are all means to the goal of resilient IT infrastructure and business processes.

By Jon Toigo • April 3, 2018

What are vital elements of a workplace emergency response plan?

Emergency response planning needs to be specific and varied enough that it will enable an organization to recover in the event of many different kinds of incidents.

By Paul Kirvan • March 30, 2018

What data backup technologies may look like in 2028

The data backup and recovery technologies of the future will have not only a cloud focus, but a multi-cloud focus. Compliance will also be a key element.

By Brien Posey • March 27, 2018

Rubrik backup for Nutanix HCI makes hospitals’ IT healthy

Hospitals' IT team liked Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure for primary storage so much, it went with converged backup vendor Rubrik for data protection.

By Dave Raffo • March 26, 2018

Disaster recovery for cloud computing: Burning questions

Disaster recovery is a delicate, vital process that every organization needs to consider. With the rise of cloud computing, is cloud disaster recovery a viable option?

By Erin Sullivan • March 26, 2018

Tintri replication speeds agriculture firm’s backup, restore

Tintri hybrid flash enables Life-Science Innovations to complete replication every night for all of its servers. The system can provide a server restoration in seconds.

By Paul Crocetti • March 22, 2018

Modern data backup technologies afford merging opportunities

Through technologies such as copy data management, vendors are merging primary and secondary storage. There's more convergence ahead, within the likes of solid-state drives.

By Jim O'Reilly • March 19, 2018

Criteria for vetting appliance-based data backup systems

Knowing the right questions to ask when vetting data backup appliance vendors can help ensure you select the product that will provide the most comprehensive data protection.

By Chris Evans • March 15, 2018

Spanning Backup for Salesforce enhances metadata restore

Spanning Backup makes it easier for Salesforce administrators who deal with metadata. Direct restore improves self-service of important Salesforce work.

By Paul Crocetti • March 14, 2018

What is a short business continuity history?

From mainframes to the cloud, the business continuity profession has seen a lot over the decades. How did we get to the business continuity process of today?

By Paul Kirvan • March 14, 2018

How ransomware variants are neutralizing data backups

The latest iterations of ransomware aim to undercut backups as an effective method for recovering from attacks. Learn how to overcome this vulnerability.

By Brien Posey • March 8, 2018

Don’t let your BC/DR plan get lost in the shuffle

How can you maintain consistency in your BC/DR strategy in a world of constantly evolving technology? If it's a reactive part of IT, you're already behind.

By Nick Cavalancia • March 8, 2018

The EU’s GDPR will make us better storage managers

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has organizations worldwide rethinking storage management to their and their customers' benefit.

By Rich Castagna • March 8, 2018

Zerto Virtual Replication reduces marketing firm’s RPO

Maritz needed a short RPO and flexible cloud provider options for its recovery process. Zerto replication protects applications to and from clouds and between multiple clouds.

By Sonia Lelii • Feb. 28, 2018

Nakivo Backup & Replication software gets automated

Nakivo updates its software for quick and automated recovery. While the vendor has a focus on virtual data protection, it has expanded to include cloud support.

By Paul Crocetti • Feb. 28, 2018